Activists with Consumer Watchdog and FracTracker Alliance issued a statement Monday calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to stop issuing oil permits in state waters.

Consumer Watchdog's Jamie Court says PG&E's response is a slap in the face to victims’ families and people affected by the fire.

“If people can’t get home insurance, they can’t get a mortgage, and if they lose insurance and can’t find it anywhere, they can lose their home,” said Harvey Rosenfield, founder of Consumer Watchdog.

“Why haven’t you announced it earlier, number one,” said Jamie Court, president of Consumer Watchdog. Court also feels the project should not hit the pockets of customers. “If PG&E is really serious about committing to putting these wires underground, they have to actually come up with the corporate money to do it. And there is corporate money, there is shareholder money that could be put towards this use and should be put towards this use,” Court said.

Consumer Watchdog's Jamie Court says California needs to build its own infrastructure and not rely on outside power companies.

By Eric Rucker, FOX TV-40 Sacramento, CA

July 1, 2021

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KTLX) — Last summer for the first time in nearly two decades, California did not have enough power to meet demand, leading to blackouts for hundreds of thousands across the state. 

Now, that concern is coming back around this summer.

“It was rough for all of us in the house,” said Nick McLain. 

In August of 2020, a stage three power emergency by California’s power operator meant periods of no power for McLain and his family in Woodland. 

Consumer Watchdog's Harvey Rosenfield explains how insurance companies still owe Californians billions in pandemic refunds.

Why does West LA's Assembly Member Richard Bloom not want Nancy to have a place to recycle? 75-year-old West LA resident Nancy Hannickel  has thousands of cans in her back yard because she has no place to redeem them. She wants you to oppose Bloom's AB 1454, which allows more grocery stores out of their obligation to take back empty bottles and cans and redeem the CRV deposit.

Consumer Watchdog's Jamie Court says California's highest in the nation gas prices must be dealt with through the legislature to reign in oil companies.